Hybrid Senior Project Manager – Federal DoD

at Stantec

• Job title: Senior Project Manager – Federal DoD
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $111,200 - $166,900 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Senior Project Manager leading growth of Stantec’s Federal DoD practice and managing multiple high-value projects. Driving project success in architecture and engineering for U.S. federal clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AE team fee proposal development.
• Assist the Principal-in-Charge in the negotiation and development of various project agreements/contracts and project delivery types, including but not limited to design-build, design-bid-build, progressive design-build, etc.
• Contract management.
• Responsible for delivering quality documents.
• Developing project-specific management plans, execution plans, communications plans, design quality control plans, risk management plans, etc.
• Plan, organize, and direct the work throughout the life of the project to successfully deliver the project to the client.
• Lead project management and execution, promoting design excellence and sustainability.
• Responsible for cost-based, project financial management utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Monitor project spending with budget and schedule adherence.
• Keep the Principal in Charge informed of progress on project expectations, potential issues, deadlines, and deliverables; understand the levels of the decision-making responsibilities of the role as a Sr. Project Manager.
• Maintain client relationship.
• Lead stakeholder meetings and maintain all project records.
• Develop and manage project budget, schedule, and overall work plan to realize target financial performance.
• Oversee development of building documentation in modeling software such as Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD.
• Mentor Assistant Project Managers and motivate project teams.
• Assure that Project Management Framework tasks are timely completed and properly documented.
• Lead project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner, contractor, and subcontractors.
• Manage and track change orders, applications for payment by contractors, and other contractual modifications impacting budget and schedule.
• Work with the Operations Manager in determining project staffing needs and recommending personnel.
• Directs client invoicing and effectively manages collections.
• Manage quality control of design, construction documents, and construction administration.
• Ensure all health, safety, security, and environmental requirements are followed.

Requirements

• Must be a United States-registered architect, CA licensure is required.
• Must be familiar with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC).
• Must have DoD project management experience, especially experience with NAVFAC and USACE.
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or building engineering.
• Possess a United States Citizenship per project requirement.
• Minimum of __15__ years of project management experience in both AE Services and Design-Build projects, including supporting GC construction phases.
• Knowledge of managing all phases of AE projects, including project delivery methods.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Track record of delivering projects on time and budget.
• Effectively manages multiple deadlines and priorities.
• Skilled in facilitating internal and external project team meetings, monitoring, tracking, and controlling outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, and prioritization.
• Team player with the client, project team, and partnering contractors.
• Effective negotiator and communicator.
• Adaptive and strategic.
• Strong skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Projects; prefer experience with Revit and BIM management.
• Ability to travel per project requirement.
• Typical office environment with project site visits required. Will require project-related travels – estimated to be 10 - 15%

Benefits

• Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans
• Wellness program
• Health saving accounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• Emergency travel benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional membership fee coverage
• Paid family leave
• Ten paid holidays in each calendar year
• Eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
• Eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law)